NDRRMC recommends declaration of state of calamity

• Published date: 30 October 2022
• Publication title: Philippines News agency

The National Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Council (NDRRMC) has submitted its recommendation to declare a national state of calamity to President Ferdinand R. Marcos Jr. after Severe Tropical Storm Paeng battered different parts of the country and left casualties and damage to properties and infrastructures.

Paeng was downgraded to tropical storm status on Sunday, although Tropical Cyclone Wind Signal No. 2 remained hoisted over parts of Luzon as of posting.

Undersecretary Jose Faustino Jr., NDRRMC Chair and Department of Defense Officer-in-Charge, said they have complied with the President's directive to submit a resolution.

'Ito po ay amin ng ginawa at papunta na po ang aming (We have already done this and our) communication recommending a declaration of a national state of calamity is now on its way to the President,' he said in a press briefing at Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City on Sunday.

Details of the resolution have yet to be released but Faustino recommended a year-long state of calamity during a full council meeting on Saturday.

Faustino joined an aerial survey in Region 4-A (Calabarzon), particularly Cavite, on Sunday and observed that floodwaters in most areas have subsided.

He was accompanied by Special Assistant to the President Secretary Anton Lagdameo, Social Welfare Secretary Erwin Tulfo...